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Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: May 13, 1968
Age at Time of Disappearance: 13 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'0; 88 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Shoulder-length brown hair; brown eyes.
Marks, Scars: Pallett has a small scar below her left eyebrow. Healed collar bone.
Dentals: She wore a retainer behind her lower front teeth at the time of her disappearance. Dental X-rays Available.
Clothing: White jersey t-shirt with dark blue sleeves and ZZ Top on front and 81 on the back, jeans and Nike sneakers.
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Circumstances of Disappearance

Charlotte June Kinsey, was last seen at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds on September 26, 1981. She was accompanied by her friend, Cinda Leann Pallett. Kinsey called home to tell her family that she had secured a job helping a carnival worker unload stuffed animals. Neither Kinsey nor Pallett has ever been seen or heard from again. Foul play is suspected in both disappearances.

Three years and 11 months after they disappeared from the State Fair, Wyoming truck driver Royal Russell Long entered the state to be tried on murder and kidnapping charges. He was reportedly seen with the two girls when they disappeared. Long had been in Oklahoma City when the girls vanished, and two boys were positive he was the one who offered the girls jobs unloading stuffed animals. What's more, the former cross-country truck driver had a history of sexual violence toward young girls.

Police traced the Pontiac Grand Prix Long had rented in Oklahoma City, to a car lot in El Paso, Texas. The former rental car's make and model were significant Pallett and Kinsey were last seen driving away with a bearded man in a Pontiac Grand Prix.
It was in the car trunk that police found circumstantial, scientific evidence that became the foundation too the prosecution's case. There 13 scalp hairs were found. A police forensic chemist matched them with the hair of Pallett. Animal hairs found in the trunk matched those belonging to three dogs and a cat she played with.
A lock of hair found in Long's Wyoming trailer house could have come from Kensey, the chemist determined.

Three separate tests showed the car trunk mat once was bloody, according to expert testimony. The judge dismissed the kidnapping and murder charges because he found no evidence the girls were confined or that they were taken for the purpose of sex.

Long is still considered the prime suspect in their disappearance.

Investigators
If you have any information concerning Kinsey's whereabouts, please contact:
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations 405-848-6724 or 405-427-5421
Or
Oklahoma City Police Department 405-297-1288
All information may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

Also, two other girls went missing that were at least headed to the Oklahoma State Fair three days after Cinda and Charlotte disappeared. Sheryl Vaughn, 16, Of Newalla, Oklahoma, and Susan Thompson, 16, of McCloud, left home for the fair on September 29, and promptly vanished. Their car was found on Interstate 40, east of town keys still in the ignition. I've never found any further information on these two girls.

Also, two other girls went missing that were at least headed to the Oklahoma State Fair three days after Cinda and Charlotte disappeared.On Sheryl Vaughn, 16, Of Newalla, Oklahoma, and Susan Thompson, 16, of McCloud, left home for the fair on September 29, and promptly vanished. Their car was found on Interstate 40, east of town keys still in the ignition. I've never found any further information on these two girls.

Jailed killers...

Originally Posted by Nocgirl

At least the suspect is dead so he cannot harm any more girls. Seems to me there should have been enough evidence to try him for murder and kidnapping.

One would think. But there may be more to the story. For instance, this guy operated in a number of different states, and there may have been jusisdictional issues or conflicting/competing district attorneys.

I have seen many times when a case is "closed" because law enforcement is sure that the perpetrator is jailed elsewhere and/or facing serious charges for other crimes.

Evidence rules might not have been met exactly, or there may have been problems with procedures and chain of custody.

How many other serial killers are currently locked away and awaiting release or parole, simply because they cannot be connected with other crimes that they have committed?

I have seen many times when a case is "closed" because law enforcement is sure that the perpetrator is jailed elsewhere and/or facing serious charges for other crimes.

Quite so. There's little point in prosecuting someone who's on death row or serving life without parole in another state. Randy Woodfield, the I-5 killer, was doing life without parole in Oregon, I think, when they tied him to some murders in California, but he was never charged with those killings because he was already doing LWOP in Oregon. Even the families of the victims agreed that it would be a waste of valuable time and resources.

Bumping Case UP...

This is a case which involved the disappearance of two young girls. Their photos appear often in articles or websites covering unsolved abductions. There have been no posts to this thread for quite a while.

Royal Russell Long died in prison of a heart attack in '93. Charlotte was my half sister. I was an infant when she went missing but have been gathering all the information I been able to from family, on line, anywhere I can< in an effort to find her so she can be laid to rest.

I am sorry for you loss of your sister. I saw you commented on the UID thread about the UID girl found in TN. I did notice that your sister wasn't on the rule out list in NamUs for the UID. The UID has mitochondrial DNA on file, which is: The biological mother should be profiled using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)typing • A match between mtDNA profiles will indicate a possible link betweenan unidentified person (UP) and the mother/maternal relative of the MP.https://identifyus.org/cases/1577 I also saw that your sister profile in NamUS says that DNA tests are complete. Here is her NamUs link in case you didn't know about it. https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/6264/0/

It also says in the Charlotte's NamUs profile that her dentals are entered. Maybe you could contact the person at NamUs and see what they have on file since it has been reported that she had silver caps on her lower front teeth.

I hope you and your family get some closure so you can lay Charlotte to rest.